Hey all, I’ve been trying to practice my beatmatching lately and I think I’m starting to get a little better at it, I still can’t do it fully blind (without knowing the BPM) but otherwise I’ve tried to focus just on the sound and do it. I’d really appreciate it if you would listen to this house mix of mine and letting me know what you think of my beatmatching and song selection and anything else about it!
I am probably the last person who should give critique, but some things I found. Here goes for the first track.
Don’t over do the effects. At the beginning @1:43 way too much phaser or flanger pulse.
@3:56 you could have left the 1st song “lingering” a bit in the background until “Dirty Talk” is sung the first time.
@7:40 the mix was going good. This is my personal preference, but you could have mixed in to the section of the song @11:40 to get a better and more contrasting transition. Remember, you don’t always have to mix the beginning of a song with the end of another.
@13:53 almost a perfect transition and the kind I personally like. You could have echo frozen and faded the “paradise” out, so it goes into the other song with “dise, dise, dise, dise” for the 8 beats until the synth in the next song starts.
@17:10 Major train wreck. This transition is a total “no go”, unfortunately. Don’t worry, I am still doing them too. hehehe…
That’s it. I couldn’t really hear a key issue except with the transition @17:10 where it really crashes. Other than that, not bad at all. Keep practicing.
